Critical Care Trauma Centre

Screening for Delirium

Two delirium screening tools (with reliability evidence) are in widespready use for screening critically ill patients. They include the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM - ICU) and the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC).

All patients admitted for longer than 24 hours in CCTC will be screened every shift using the ICDSC.

Delirium screening is done toward the end of each shift, to provide an opportunity to observe for symptom fluctuation.